Ashley Mallett tells the wonderful story of Test great Neil Harvey’s illustrious cricket career in the recently released, ‘Neil Harvey: The Last Invincible’.
Almanac Life: A Covid-19 walk with Colin and a mask….
Yvette Wroby is out and about walking her dog Colin. She has created some drawings of their walk.
Almanac Poetry: ‘These Shifting Greys’ – Tommy Mallet
The bush may be tough when there’s work to done but its natural beauty cannot be denied as Tommy Mallet’s poem ‘These Shifting Greys’ implies.
Almanac Life: Macbeth marks strongly but misses to the near side
There’s luckily no curse to reckon with for Mickey Randall as his pub preoccupation serves as the matinee for a Shakespearean tragedy…or is it the other way around?
Almanac (Cartoon) Life: Covid-19 lockdowns have taught me…
One constant for Yvette Wroby over all of the lockdowns has been Colin the dog’s nightly toilet trips…and the night sky.
Almanac Poetry: Five Miles from…
In this Monday’s poem, Kevin Densley looks at the situation of the most iconic dog in Australian folklore.
Almanac Music: Vale Don Everly
Roger Lowrey pays tribute to a star voice of his youth, Don Everly, who passed away recently.
Almanac Music: Music is your only friend.
Along with football, a great love of music is an an integral part of life for Richard Griffiths. His musical tastes and influences are examined, and together with bands he played with, enables Richard to fulfil the joy and experience that music provides.
Almanac Poetry: Miner Poets – ABC Radio National ‘History Listen’
‘Miner Poets’ is an ABC Radio National ‘History Listen’ program examining the songs and verse from the mining communities of west coast Tasmania.
Almanac Humour: He’s Got The Whole World In His Pants – Mondegreens
In this Friday’s column, KD writes about the unusual and typically amusing phenomenon of mondegreens – those mishearings/misinterpretations usually associated with songs and poems. [Thanks to ‘Swish’ Schwerdt for using the word in a response to a previous post of mine; it inspired this piece – KD]
Almanac Horse Racing and Poetry: Sporting concussion and a national poet.
We welcome Lindsay Smelt with his debut piece on brain injuries and Adam Lindsay Gordon. Lindsay is currently writing a book on the famous Australian figure of the nineteenth century.
‘Revisiting a classic…’ by Simone Kerwin
KB Hill’s guest blogger, Simone Kerwin, reveals her way of coping with the absence of community sport during lockdown.
Almanac Book Reviews: Wray Vamplew’s Games People Played by Roy Hay
Roy Hay reviews Wray Vamplew’s impressive volume on sports histories, dating back centuries in human history.
The 2021 Furphy Literary Awards – And the winners are….
The winners of The 2021 Furphy Literary Awards for the national open age short story competition and the Junior and Youth age regional competition have been announced. Details above.
Almanac (Cartoon) Life: Maybe next year…
Yvette Wroby is hoping for a better future, for the planet and the Saints…
Almanac Poetry: ‘Women’ – Tommy Mallet
Death is the theme of Tommy Mallet’s poem ‘Women’ as an old man lies dying and his family awaits the inevitable.
Almanac (Cartoon) Life: Has anyone noticed?
Yvette Wroby on the world and footy…..